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In the UK a "rubber" is exclusively an innocent eraser, and a condom is alternatively called "Protection" or a "French letter"!

Used ones (in the USA) are called "Coney Island Whitefish" I believe (also a slang term for a loathsome guy). (see the Joan Jett song title of the same name, and listen to the lyrics)

First of all, I do not want to offend anyone's sensibilities here, gay or straight. But an idea that has been floating around in my head for several years now really ought to be brought to the light of day, at least once. The vast majority of the women of the world have no desire or use for "anal intercourse". If a guy chooses to emulate a woman's dress or mannerisms, either partially or completely, why does it automatically follow in the majority of people's minds that HE should want anal intercourse??

Well Gene, you see we are supposed to be out plowing the field and you can’t do that in heels (get off that horse and behind the plow).

Interesting, but I'd have to disagree rather strongly (I know this is off topic, but since you brought it up...).

Especially easy to do in spike heels as they sink rather easily into the freshly plowed soil that you're walking behind. Of course you WOULD have to be somewhat careful not to sprain an ankle on the occasional rock or clod! But spending all day in a pair of spike heel boots wouldn't be all that uncomfortable, because your 5" heels would really be acting like 1-1/2"-2" heels most of the time. Plus the ground that they momentarily sink into would tend to support the foot, and limit the side-to-side movement, producing quite possibly a more stable boot than low heeled boots under similar conditions. Think about it!

I did find one store that sells some rather interesting clothing for men... The clothing is, in today's "accepted" fashion sense, more feminine. Yet the styles are pitched as being very masculine, and the clothing itself was certainly worn only by men in earlier times

http://www.internationalmale.com/dept.asp?dept%5Fid=10050

The only problem is (and this really gets my goat) is that they market it under the "Novelty" section!

Another interesting site is http://www.bodysuit.com/mensbodysuit1.html

But don't you Americans fly around by plane to see each other, a bit like us catching the bus?

Tis a matter of money, old chap. Even taking the bus to go cross the continent (WHAT A HORRIBLE THOUGHT!) would cost at least $100 one way. If you book six months in advance, air travel between MAJOR cities is usually less expensive, but not by much. An acquaintance told me she flew to London and back over Thanksgiving week, from LA for ~$250, booked last February through a special deal she heard about, but the commuter faire from St. George, to Salt Lake City, thence to LA was another $195!

It would be quite literally cheaper to fly to London from NYC (or LA) than to fly to NYC or LA from someplace inside America!

Firefox, bpalmatv, et al: I think I did this once quite a while ago, I don't remamber where or when. If my name comes up, I will gladly remove the offending hotlink, wherever it is, if it is still there. Regarding viewing images on this board--I regularly use IE5.0, 6.0 (at work/school) and Mozilla (both places), and Safari on Macs at School. No problems. At home I use Zone Alarm Pro as a firewall, and Panda AV. I agree, Macaffee av is junk. So is Norton and, as far as I am concerned, so is PC-Cillin. None of them detected, much less removed the virii and wormz that recently infected my OS to the point that it slowed down reminiscent of trying to run Win 3.1 on a 286. Finally I went to the internet, via google, to find the 10 most respected av programs world wide, then I downloaded the trial versions of each. Panda was the fourth try, Kaspersky would have been 5th, and grisoft no. 6, so I can't naysay those. I had been running PC-Cillin, so I knew that wouldn't work; I had used MacAffee in the past--their demo removed some virii, but wouldn't touch a persistant system virus; Norton just crashed my system (twice) when it tried to install, and f-prot simply said everything was A-OK! I had been having some problems viewing the pix when I was running IE6, and PC-Cillin or MacAffee, I don't remember which, and no firewall, before I had to reformat my HDD in August. Sorry to digerss. The point is it may be the brand of av, firewall, or version of IE that you are using.

Bert, Firefox, DITTO.

Ahem. Allow me to nominate Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Lucy Liu.

I understand your post better than most--have wrestled with similar feelings for many years--giving up the heels (or whatever) would be the easy part, but giving up the hundredweight millstone around my neck of the sexual feelings they produce is next to impossible. Best wishes.

There's nothing wrong with low-rise women's style jeans, more especially the ones by MUDD that are sold at alloy.com. I have about 10 pair. You're not going to look ridiculous, or unmanly--the current fashion among the skater boy croud to sag the jeans actually ride, if anything, below the hip bone (which is why they're always pulling them back up! LOL). Just remember that with hip-hugger jeans, order by the Junior size whose hip measurement most closely dovetails with your own, paying NO attention to the waist measurement, and if you order stretch denim (which unlike men's "stretch denim", has 3-5% Lycra spandex in the weave), order one size smaller; otherwise the jeans will fall off without a belt. Order your correct hip measurement (or one inch larger if you're in between) with 100% cotton.

You might also try GirlFriends of L.A., www.gfla.com if your'e not too tall--they're fashion selection is a bit different than alloy.

"IT" brand jeans typically run TIGHT, so it's best to order them one size larger than your indicated hip measurement.

The interesting thing here isn't what Anita said, but what she revealed about her thought process. She dresses to inspire confidence in herself, as well as to be thought of as "hot" to other souls, regardless of gender. But notice her description of the dress of the guy in question.

He is resplendant in dockers that look as if they have never seen an iron, "Nike-Just Do It" t-shirt, unpolished shoes AND the obligatory BACKWARDS BASEBALL CAP. . .

Notice what she doesn't say. The clothes were apparently CLEAN, probably fairly new (unfaded), just WRINKLED and UNPOLISHED indicating that he didn't care about his appearance the way a female would. He possibly cares a great deal about his appearance--he may even believe (as most guys do) that wrinkles BELONG on dockers!! Therefore, pressing them would label him a sissy in the eyes of his male friends. He may even go to great lengths (and time) in the morning ensuring that he presents the right level of grunge. I know many teenage boys that do just that (including my own son). It's just not what is desired by a chic chick. The sooner that guys realize that their vision of fashion doesn't coincide with the average female's, the more popular they're likely to become among the fashionable elite, male or female. But it may involve a painful shucking of lower class friends that are likely to razz them back into the "unkempt" look.

What I think Anita actually is saying is that she tried to exhibit "class" and he didn't. Or, "If you have no class at all (NCAA) don't bother to apply."

And if you're really serious, I hear that surgeons in Brazil don't question your motives the way American doctors do. Cheaper too (once you get down there that is!). But from what I have heard, you can save a couple of thou even with the travel expenses. Seriously, I think you're too young to make a surgical decision, but if you want to be feminized, you're old enough that the effects of taking hormones is reversable, yet at the same time young enough to cause rather dramatic changes in your bustline. You should at least talk to your parents, or at least some adult you trust, or failing that your friends, especially female.

Toe cleavage. hmmm. NAH!

Although I adore cats--we used to have about 20, now dwindled to 2--(and long-eared hounds), I have a somewhat metaphysical opinion of them: I think of them as assigned or potential witnesses to our behavior on this earth with respect to the Judgement Day! Just a thought . . . I mean, really, who would suspect a CAT of all God's creatures being a spy for the Almighty?

www.goddessworkout.com bellydance music CD by Dolphina. Borrowed it from my ex!

I notice booted women much more readily than non-booted ones--and then my eyes drift upward to see what else she's wearing...

Eat, Drink, and be Merry, for tomorrow you may be in UTAH!

Caution! Driver chews tobacco!

The PARTS falling off this vehicle are of the finest British Craftsmanship. (found on the bumper of a restored Austin-Healy)

Don't laugh--it's paid for!

I may be slow, but I'm ahead of you!

So many men, so little time!

Well.....It certainly made MY day. Thanks Julie. I will post it to a Canadian Atkins forum, if you don't mind http://forum.lowcarber.org/).

find that very interesting: if you're wearing heels and point them out, it's a fait accompli, and seems to be accepted more often than rejected. If you're in guy-shoes and SAY you wear heels, you're a monster and an outcast, probably because their minds create some outlandish image that absolutely terrifies them.

Fascinating!!!

I wasn't going to post this since I don't consider it particularly humorous, but since it is you Dr. Shoe I can't resist:

You can have my gun when you can pry it from my cold, dead fingers.

(Was also a line from the redneck to the alien in the original Men in Black movie, whereupon the Bug says "Proposal accepted!"

All I can say is WOW!! Unfortunately they are too low/not spikey enough for you aren't they Laurie??

You need to make a real pain in the ass of yourself on this one and find out exactly what the dress code violation was, is it gender biased or not, e.g. would the asst principle have sent a girl home with the shoes on? AND ASK IT IN FRONT OF ADULT WITNESSES!!! I can't make that point strongly enough. A girl in St. George, Utah (an ultra conservative place if there ever was one), where I live at present, was sent home last year for dying her hair purple--and it was her mother who helped her do it! It was felt that it would present an "unusual or unnecessary distraction to the students' learning environment". More likely an undesired sexual distraction to the mostly Mormon teachers, but I won't go there. :x

If you were getting by with an 18 GB HDD, then a 20GB model can be had for less than $59 new, and quite possibly a lot cheaper used. I have a couple of 2GB HDD's I'd give you for free, but since WIN2K needs at least 740MB to install to, that doesn't leave much for programs, etc. If you had a CDRW (which can be acquired now for about $50, you could set it up with a rewritable disk to serve as a data disk drive for another ~650MB.

I tried it once to try and straighten out a hammer toe--it didn't work too well, and hurt like hades. So I gave it up.

Even though it was put together at the same place as your sister's doesn't mean that they have the same brand of HDD. IBM/Fujitsu drives "gave up the ghost" real early, as I recall, several years ago. I had a bad experience with an IBM drive that I installed in my son's computer--it lasted exactly one year to the day that I bought it--it had a one year warranty--talk about built-in obsolescence!!